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Morton

in Oregon

There are 794 people with the last name "Morton" in Oregon.

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Morton 385
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  1. is 381st most common Mcbride
  2. is 382nd most common Gross
  3. is 383rd most common Oconnor
  4. is 384th most common Kent
  5. is 385th most common Morton
  6. is 386th most common Osborne
  7. is 387th most common Chan
  8. is 388th most common Walton
  9. is 389th most common Bush

Similar Names and Nicknames

Martin, Mortensen, Martino, Mortimer, Mortenson, Martini, Martineau, Mort, Marten, Martine

Most Common First Names for Morton

David, James, Robert, Michael, Donald, John, Mary, Barbara, Mark, Steven

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named in Old English as ‘settlement (tūn) by or on a marsh or moor (mōr)’.

Swedish: variant of Martin.

French: contracted form of Moreton 2.

Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames or of various other non-English names bearing some kind of similarity to it.

FOREBEARS The name Morton was established early in North America. George Morton (1585–1624), one of the Pilgrims, was probably born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He and his son Nathaniel (b. 1613 in Leiden, the Netherlands) settled in Plymouth in 1623. John Morton (c.1724–77), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born in PA, of Swedish descent. His grandfather, Morten Mortenson, had emigrated from Gothenburg in 1654.

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